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ERIC Number: EJ372557
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Rural-Urban Comparison of Female Educational Aspirations in South-Western Nigeria.
Akande, Bolanle E.
Comparative Education, v23 n1 p75-83 1987
Examines the issue of equality of opportunity and social mobility in terms of differences between urban and rural young people in South-Western Nigeria, focusing particularly on those handicaps associated with female disadvantage. Reports results of interviews with 359 rural and urban female secondary school students. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Adolescents, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Rural Urban Differences, Secondary School Students, Sex Bias, Womens Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Nigeria (Southwest); Rural Women
Note: Theme issue with title "Sex Differences in Education."